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First Lady Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was a member of the eminent American Roosevelt and Livingston families. In fact, she was a niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United State.

She herself was married to Franklin D. Roosevelt who was 32nd President of the United States.

Though Eleanor was known as the “World’s Most Admired Woman”, but her personal life was mired in controversy; her speculative relationship with a lesbian journalist Lorena Hickok and their intimate letters.

This “First Lady of the World” left an amazing collection written work. She wrote twenty-seven books, over 8,000 columns, and more than 555 articles during her lifetime.

Best 5 Eleanor Roosevelt Quotations

Anyway, here is my favorite best five Eleanor Roosevelt quotations for you to ponder over.

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’ You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

(You Learn by Living; 11 Keys For A More Fulfilling Life; p.29)

“A book is made to be read, not to be held.”

(You Learn by Living; 11 Keys For A More Fulfilling Life; p.29)

“There is no experience from which you can’t learn something.”

(You Learn by Living; 11 Keys For A More Fulfilling Life; Foreword)

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”

(Rephrased from article published on 1935 April 2, Owosso Argus-Press, So They Say!, Page 4, Column 4)

“One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education and thus make it impossible for them to understand what is going on in the world as a whole.”